GMRSE2024

Philip W. T. Pong received a B.Eng. from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2002 with 1st class honours. Then he obtained a PhD in engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2005. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Magnetic Materials Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for three years. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His research interest focuses on the fault detection, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection of power grid. He is the Founding Director of the Green Technology Research and Training Laboratory, leading the research and education activities of offshore wind energy at NJIT. Philip Pong is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), a Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI), a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), a Fellow of the NANOSMAT Society (FNS), a chartered physicist (CPhys), a chartered engineer (CEng), a chartered energy engineer, a registered professional engineer (R.P.E. in Electrical, Electronics, Energy), and a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE). He serves on the editorial boards for several IEEE and SCI journals.

Prof. Chaouki is full professor from 1995 at Polytechnique, Montréal. He is affiliated professor at UM6P where he is spending his sabbatical right now. He published more than 450 articles in refereed journals and more than 320 in different reviewed proceedings and more than 450 other scientific articles and edited 34 books. He has 42 patents on different processes. He is member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He received many awards. He received the R.S. Jane Memorial Award in 2018 for an exceptional achievement to the field of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry in Canada and last year the “Excellence in Research and Innovation Awards” at Polytechnique. He also received the SCI Kalev Pugi Award and Honoris Genius 2021 Innovation from OIQ. He is world- renowned consultant for at least 20 national and international companies. He is internationally recognized for his skills in process development and scale-up. He has created 6 start-ups with his students (the last are Pyrowave, Ecolomondo, RMTech and PyroCycle). He is Principal Chaire Holder of Total Group in hydrodynamic modeling of multiphase processes at extreme conditions and Joined Laboratory with OCP-UM6P. His work is mainly dedicaded to develop processes from waste, biomass and complex feedstocks to heat & power, fuels and chemicals. Web Site: http://pearl.polymtl.ca/

Helena Belchior Rocha has a PhD in Social Work, is an Assistant professor at ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon in the Department of Political Science and Public Policies and deputy director of the Soft Skills Laboratory. Integrated researcher at CIES, Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, linked to national and international research projects, namely 2 from Marie Curie Actions. Author of papers and communications at national and international congresses, in the areas of environment, sustainability, community Intervention, ethics, human rights, social policies and Well-being, social work theory and methodology, education and soft skills. Member of the Editorial Board of national/international journals.

Professor Michael Leung Kwok-hi is the Associate Provost (Academic Affairs), Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Professor of Energy and Environment, Professor in the School of Energy and Environment, and the Director of the Ability R&D Energy Research Centre in City University of Hong Kong. His current research interests include solar photocatalysis, marine antifouling, fuel cells, and advanced refrigeration and air-conditioning. He has published over 220 journal papers, and 18 books or book chapters, and has been granted 10 patents. He was listed as the Top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists according to metrics compiled by Stanford University in 2022 and 2021. He is also listed as Highly Cited Researcher in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics, which recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance and The Most Cited Scholar in Energy Science and Engineering by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, in collaboration with Elsevier. Other recent awards include the 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days (IGED) Silver Medal on “Nano-Photocatalytic Marine Antifouling/Anticorrosion Paint (NanoMA2P)”, HKIE Best Transactions Paper Prize (Mechanical) in 2022 and 2021, 2020 Hong Kong Green Innovations Award(Merit Award) on Nano-Photocatalytic Marine Antifouling Paint, CityU President’s Award in 2016, the Technology Project Award (City-level) by the Shenzhen City Technology and Innovation Committee in 2017, and the Hong Kong Awards for Industries in 2018 and 2019. He is the Board of Directors (China Representative) of International Solar Energy Society (ISES). He is the Editor-in-Chief of HKIE Transactions and serving in the Editorial Board of SCI journal, Applied Energy.

Dai-Yeun Jeong is presently the Director of Asia Climate Change Education Center, an emeritus professor at Jeju National University in South Korea, and the Acting Director at Jeju Secretariat of UNESCO World Network of Island and Coastal Biosphere Reserves. He received BA and MA degree in sociology from Korea University (South Korea), and PhD in environmental sociology from University of Queensland (Australia). He was a professor of environmental sociology at Jeju National University (South Korea) from 1981 to 2012. His past major professional activities include a teaching professor at University of Sheffield (UK), the president of Asia-Pacific Sociological Association, a delegate of South Korean Government to UNFCCC and OECD environmental meeting, and a member of Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development Republic of Korea, etc. He has published 60 environment-related research papers in domestic and international journals and 13 books including Environmental Sociology. He has conducted 100 unpublished environment-related research projects funded by domestic and international organizations.

Prof. Al-Khatib has experience in a wide range of areas including water recourses management and quality, renewable and sustainable energy, environmental assessment, wastewater management, advocacy, coordination and networking. Al-Khatib has an extended experience in the development and carrying research and evaluation projects, professional work experience in water resources management, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, training and evaluation of medical waste, solid waste, waste to energy, climate change, water and sanitation and urban environment projects. He is an expert in social and environmental health, promoting environmental public awareness through training, organizing and conducting awareness campaigns and workshops in environmental education and health.

Michael ‘Mik’ Carbajales-Dale heads the E3 Systems Analysis group. He joined Clemson University in August 2014 as an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences department. Before joining Clemson, Mik was an Energy Systems Analyst with Stanford’s Environmental Assessment & Optimization Lab and with the Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP). His research focuses on the long-term, large-scale evolution and dynamics of the energy-economy system, especially how development of energy resources affects social development and the effects of a future transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy technologies. Prior to this, Mik undertook his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with the Advanced Energy and Material Systems (AEMS) Laboratory at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His doctoral thesis was Global Energy Modelling - A Biophysical Approach (GEMBA), which married net energy analysis with systems dynamic modelling to study the interaction of the global economy with the energy sector. Mik also carried out a number of community-based energy-related projects whilst in New Zealand, being especially involved with Transition initiatives: local groups seeking innovative ways to address the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change.

Martin Pasqualetti is a professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and former Co-Director of the Energy Policy Information Council (EPIC). He is an elected Fellow of the American Association of Geographers; a recipient of the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal (American Geographical Society), and the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at the University of California (Riverside). His general research interests encompass three areas of emphasis: energy and society, energy and land use, and renewable energy development. His current research concentrates on the social acceptance of renewable energy landscapes and recycling of energy landscapes. He has served two Arizona governors as chair of the Arizona Solar Energy Advisory Council, and he was as a founding member of the Arizona Solar Center. He serves on 10 editorial boards, including Energy Research & Social Science. He is the ASU liaison to the International Renewable Energy Agency, headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Professor Pasqualetti offers several energy classes, including The Thread of Energy, Energy in the Global Arena, Energy and Environment, Solar Energy Policy, and Recycling Energy Landscapes. He co-founded and was twice elected president of the Energy and Environment Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. In addition, he has served as an advisor to the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Resources for the Future, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Arizona Energy Office. Professor Pasqualetti has published books on wind power, renewable energy landscapes, the geography of energy, nuclear power plant decommissioning, and landscape evolution, as well as more than 100 articles and book chapters on energy and environment topics. He has worked in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Palestine, Oman, Israel, China, Singapore, Guyana and the United Arab Emirates.

Anthony Howell is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. Prior to ASU, he served as an Assistant/Associate Professor of Applied Microeconomics in the School of Economics at Peking University, China's flagship university. Anthony previously served as a Fulbright scholar at the Lincoln Institute of Urban Development and Land Policy (Beijing), a Science & Technology fellow at the National Academies of Sciences (Washington D.C.), and a research fellow at the Asian Development Bank (Manila). Anthony holds a PhD in Geography (UCLA), M.S. degrees in Statistics (UCLA) and GIScience (MSU), and B.A degrees in Political Science, International Development, and Chinese studies (MSU). His research interests intersect the fields of quantitative economic geography, migration, economic development, firm growth, entrepreneurship and innovation, and policy evaluation with a strong regional expertise in China and the Asia-Pacific.

Giuseppe Pulighe currently works at CREA - Research Center for Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis, Rome, Italy. M.Sc. in Agricultural Science and Technology. Master of Science in GIS. His research activities mainly deal with ecohydrological modeling, agronomy, climate change and land use change impacts, Irrigation and water management, remote sensing, and GIS. He has authored or co-authored over 60 journal publications and conference contributions. Regularly serves as a reviewer for international scientific journals. Instructor of Hydrological Modelling with SWAT+.